What is CVE-2024-53241?

CVE-2024-53241 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.27 onward and patched in 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121 and others. CVE-2024-53241 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53241?

CVE-2024-53241 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-53241?

Yes, CVE-2024-53241 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.27 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-53241 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-53241 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-53241

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: don't do PV iret hypercall through hypercall page Instead of jumping to the Xen hypercall page for doing the iret hypercall, directly code the required sequence in xen-asm.S. This is done in preparation of no longer using hypercall page at all, as it has shown to cause problems with speculation mitigations. This is part of XSA-466 / CVE-2024-53241.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-12-24

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.27 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121, 6.6.67, 6.12.6, 6.13 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.27

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.232 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.175 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.121 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.67 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.6 6.12.x ✓ 6.13

References

13 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05df6e6cd9a76b778aee33c3c18c9f3b3566d4a5

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c211ead1ec440dbf81727e17b03b5e3c44b93d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2796dff62d6c6bfc5fbebdf2bee0d5ac0438906

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7b4cfa6213a44fa48714186dfdf125072d036e3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7c3fdad0a474062d566aae3289d490d7e702d30

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-53241

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-12-24

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53241?

CVE-2024-53241 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.27 onward and has been patched in 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121 and others. CVE-2024-53241 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-53241?

CVE-2024-53241 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-53241?

Yes. CVE-2024-53241 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 6.1.121 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.27 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-53241 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-53241 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.